Question : What role do women play in the play Macbeth?
Thesis : In literature, women are often described frail and vulnerable. In Macbeth, however, Shakespeare portrays women as powerful as men, if not more. The women characters in Macbeth, play a significant role in the story of Macbeth. They
Support / Theme :
1. MANIPULATIVE POWER OF WOMEN
-LADY MACBETH IS ABLE TO CONTROL MACBETH BY TAUNTING HIM (EX. CALLING HIM COWARD)
-WHEN MURDERING DUNCAN
-LADY MACBETH ALSO QUESTIONS HIS GENDER
-WHEN MACBETH SEES THE GHOST
2. SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES
-THE WITCHES MAKE PROPHECIES WHICH BECAME THE SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES
-MACBETH WILL BECOME THE KING (KILLED DUNCAN)
-BANQUO WILL BECOME THE FATHER OF THE KINGS (KILLED BANQUO)
-MACDUFF WILL BE AN OBSTACLE TO MACBETH'S THRONE ( KILLED MACDUFF'S FAMILY )
3. REFLECTION OF MEN
-LADY MACBETH BASICALLY SOMETIMES REVEALS MACBETH'S TRUE FEELINGS
-LADY MACBETH DIRECTLY WANTS MACBETH TO BECOME THE KING, BUT MACBETH IS AMBIVALENT, WHETHER IT IS MORAL OR NOT.
Thesis : In literature, women are often described frail and vulnerable. In Macbeth, however, Shakespeare portrays women as powerful as men, if not more. The women characters in Macbeth, play a significant role in the story of Macbeth. They
Support / Theme :
1. MANIPULATIVE POWER OF WOMEN
-LADY MACBETH IS ABLE TO CONTROL MACBETH BY TAUNTING HIM (EX. CALLING HIM COWARD)
-WHEN MURDERING DUNCAN
-LADY MACBETH ALSO QUESTIONS HIS GENDER
-WHEN MACBETH SEES THE GHOST
2. SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES
-THE WITCHES MAKE PROPHECIES WHICH BECAME THE SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES
-MACBETH WILL BECOME THE KING (KILLED DUNCAN)
-BANQUO WILL BECOME THE FATHER OF THE KINGS (KILLED BANQUO)
-MACDUFF WILL BE AN OBSTACLE TO MACBETH'S THRONE ( KILLED MACDUFF'S FAMILY )
3. REFLECTION OF MEN
-LADY MACBETH BASICALLY SOMETIMES REVEALS MACBETH'S TRUE FEELINGS
-LADY MACBETH DIRECTLY WANTS MACBETH TO BECOME THE KING, BUT MACBETH IS AMBIVALENT, WHETHER IT IS MORAL OR NOT.